1. Therapeutic intervention for groups and individual residents in the home

• In coordination with MDT, offer emotional support and mental health intervention to enhance the emotional wellness of our residents.
• Support the Senior OT with the running of the rehabilitation workshop and Snoezelen room.
• Advocate for the emotional needs of the residents at Glendale home and Astra MDT meetings. 
• Assessing clients’ needs, plan and provide appropriate treatments in both groups and individual setups.
• Support by assisting with assessments of existing and new residents
• Assist Senior Occupational therapist with maintaining individual resident care plans based on their individual needs.
• Enhance clients’ self-expression, social integration and overall communication skills through therapeutic means.
• Use therapeutic intervention to overcome psychological barriers.
• Enhance emotional, physical and cognitive integration of verbal and non-verbal residents across the ID spectrum.
• Support the Senior OT with the management and upkeep of mobility devices to ensure residents are supported with all mobility issues across their BADLs.

2. Social and Community Inclusivity

• Assist in designing and implementation of monthly schedule of activities and programs that encourage independence, confidence, upskilling, and social integration within and outside of Glendale.
• Support residents with the development of personal hobbies and provide activities that are aligned their interests.
• Drive inclusion programs such as pen pals, Mensch network, civic duties, volunteering, etc. aiming to inspire our residents to be active members of society and inspire them to act as a force for good in the world.  

3. Jewish and Spiritual Encouragement

• Support the Senior Occupational Therapist and Activity care team with Jewish and religious activities across the yearly calendar and life-cycle events in fun, dynamics and innovative ways.

4. General

• Maintain good care plans and case administrative system, updated notes and monthly reports.
• Regularly attends therapy supervision in line with professional requirements.
• Support the care services and management teams with any other tasks.
• Participate in staff training events as needed
• Assist the Senior Occupational therapist in supervising university students.

• B.Sc Occupational therapy
• Up-to-date registration for HPCSA

• At least 1 year OT work experience 
• Psychiatric experience is essential, previous exposure to residential care is advantageous.
• Experience of working with disabilities is essential, frail and palliative care exposure is advantageous.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with good command of English, able to communicate with multiple stakeholders such as: residents and their families, carers, clinicians from the bio-psychosocial team, private and state healthcare professionals – to name a few.
• Must have excellent telephone and follow up skills, comfortable liaising with colleagues, families and other clinicians over telephone, cell phone and whatsapp.
• Patient, warm and caring approaching for looking after vulnerable and non-verbal/speaking patients. 
• Team orientated person with a calm disposition, able to stay levelheaded in stressful situations and lead well under pressure.

• Proficient and sound knowledge of Microsoft Suite an Office365 (Word, Excel, Outlook) Comfortable with digital patient management platforms.
• An organised individual who is able to multi-task and balance conflicting priorities to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• A proactive individual who uses their initiative to ensure care service delivery remains at a high standard.
• A natural collaborator, comfortable working in a consultive style utilizing MDT philosophy for making clinical decisions for those who cannot advocate for themselves and facilitate consent independently. 

• Clean criminal record.
• Trustworthy and reliable with the ability to manage confidential information in a discrete and sensitive manner.
• Comfortable working with vulnerable people and passionate about empowering people with intellectual and other disabilities.
• Passionate about the Welfare Sector and comfortable working in a communal faith-based environment
• Must have own transport & driver’s license
• Two strong references

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Closing date for applications: 11 November 2024

If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of submitting your application, kindly consider your application to have been unsuccessful